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Re: Bush is weak on border security

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From: earl
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 01:54
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"George" <bigdaddyantlers@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<1Ed09.786$Fl.96014@nnrp1.ptd.net>...
> Sign the petition to stop immigration now!
> 
> http://www.stopimmigrationnow.org/
> 
> And check out this article:
> 
>   BORDER PATROL OPERATIONS
>   July 25, 2002
> 
>   I am a United States Border Patrol and I am writing this to tell you that
> you have been lied to and deceived. You have been lied to concerning the
> operations of the Border Patrol and have been deceived into thinking that
> they are effective. Well, they aren't.
> 
>   Let's begin with Operation Gatekeeper and Operation Hold the Line. They
> just don't work. If they did then why is it that when you drive around San
> Diego, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach or any southern city in Texas, Arizona or
> New Mexico you see hundreds if not thousands of illegal aliens asking for
> work on every comer? Simply put, these operations are a, "Dog and Pony
> show." The only thing that these operations have succeeded in are to make
> the voting public believe that they are working because apprehensions made
> by the Border Patrol have decreased in the sectors in which they are
> implemented.
> 
>   Mr. Johnny Williams, the Western Regional Director of the I.N.S., is very
> proud to point out that since the inception of Gatekeeper, the number of
> apprehensions has dropped dramatically. This is true but what he doesn't
> want you to know is that the number of illegal aliens that avoid arrest
> (gotaways) has increased even more dramatically. On a daily basis Agents
> working in the Western Region are being told to not patrol areas that
> contain a high number of illegal crossings. They are told this because Mr.
> Williams wants you to believe that nobody is crossing the border thus making
> Gatekeeper seem effective. Gatekeeper is based on the theory that if you
> place enough Agents in an area then nobody will wish to cross. This theory
> is called "deterrence." Agents are placed in certain high-visibility areas
> and then told to not move. This is called, "sitting on an X." Even if these
> Agents actually see illegal aliens crossing the border they have been
> ordered to not move and if they do, they face disciplinary action. Of course
> if these Agents are not allowed to move and apprehend the aliens, then the
> apprehension rate is sure to drop.
> 
>   Mr. Williams is also fond of saying that, "Since the number of
> apprehensions has dropped, this proves that not as many people are crossing
> and that they are being deterred." Can you possibly imagine the Commander of
> the Highway Patrol saying, "Well, we didn't issue any tickets last week so I
> guess nobody was speeding." Or, can you imagine the Chief of Police of any
> town in America saying, "We didn't catch anybody last week so I guess nobody
> broke the law." No, what's happening is that apprehensions are dropping
> because the people that shape the policies and direction of the Border
> Patrol have made it increasingly difficult for the Agents to perform their
> sworn duties. I can cite a myriad of examples and here are just a few:
> 
>   In the E1 Centro Sector, it is extremely easy for "load vehicles"
> (vehicles containing illegal aliens or other contraband) to drive across the
> border, enter onto the freeway and then abscond. As recently as a year ago,
> Agents were allowed to follow these vehicles and stop them. Flattening the
> tires was and is an extremely effective means of stopping these vehicles
> before a pursuit even started or before they became a danger to the public.
> Now however, the Agents have been told that if the load vehicle does
> anything that breaks a traffic law, then the Agents must stop following,
> turn around and head in the opposite direction.
> 
>   The order of, "Just let him go" is a familiar one and is used on a daily
> basis. In the San Diego Sector it's even worse. If a vehicle simply fails to
> yield to the warning lights of a Border Patrol vehicle, the Agents are
> instructed to turn around and let the load vehicle go. Not yielding to the
> warming lights of a law enforcement vehicle is also known as felony evasion
> of the law. But the Border Patrol does absolutely nothing about this and
> makes no effort to contact the owner of the vehicle, to monitor the
> vehicle's whereabouts or even to see if the vehicle actually continued on or
> caused a collision. This is because the I.N.S. is much more concerned with
> limiting its involvement and liability than allowing its Agents to enforce
> the immigration laws of this country. In this time of heightened security
> there is no doubt that liability must take a back seat to enforcing the law
> and providing safety and security to the citizens of the U.S. Not too long
> ago an Agent began following a suspected load vehicle near E1 Centro. As it
> often does, the load vehicle drove through the median of the freeway and
> began to travel against oncoming traffic. The Agent was immediately ordered
> to turn around and head in the opposite direction. An Imperial County
> Sheriff's Deputy was monitoring the Border Patrol's radio traffic and soon
> began to follow the vehicle. For an unknown reason the vehicle suddenly
> drove across the median again, then began to travel across the open desert.
> It stopped a short distance north of the freeway and the occupants fled into
> the desert. The Deputy notified the Supervisory Border Patrol Agent that had
> instructed the Agent to turn around of what had occurred. The Supervisor
> quickly realized that the I.N.S. was now free of any liability and
> instructed several Agents to apprehend the fleeing illegal aliens.
> 
>   In El Centro it is now a common practice for the load vehicle to enter
> onto the freeway and then immediately travel in the opposite lanes of
> traffic creating not only a danger to the aliens in the vehicle, but also to
> the motoring public. However, when this happens, the Agents are always
> ordered to turn around and go in the opposite direction. There have been
> numerous instances where the load vehicle will travel in the wrong direction
> for over ten miles. As long as this current policy is in effect, load
> drivers will continue to utilize this extremely dangerous practice. Radio
> transmissions have been intercepted from various smuggling organizations
> instructing their drivers to, "Don't stop. If you just don't stop there is
> nothing they can do." The smugglers know our policy and use it against us
> nearly every day. This policy is a farce and a danger and must be
> discontinued.
> 
>   Recently, an Agent in the El Centro Sector was using an infrared scope
> unit when he saw a group of 100 aliens crossing the border through the
> Imperial Sand Dunes. The Agent radioed for assistance from the ATV Rove Unit
> (The Rove Unit utilizes all-terrain vehicles for areas that cannot be
> reached by 4-wheel drive vehicles.) The response that he received was
> shocking: "Sorry, we're not allowed to go there." In yet another instance
> involving the Rove Unit, the Agents of the unit were instructed not to
> travel north of Highway 98 (which is located approximately 1 mile north and
> parallel to the border) even if they were able to actually see the illegal
> aliens north of the highway.
> 
>   Last year, the El Centro Sector utilized a unit made up of Agents that
> were told to go out and count the number of gotaways on a daily basis. The
> numbers were alarming. Counts as high as 200 were being tallied every day.
> Realizing that these numbers were unacceptable, the unit was quickly
> disbanded. However, before the unit was disbanded, and Agent assigned to the
> unit arrived at the El Centro station to log in his numbers. A supervisor
> walked by, saw what he was doing and noticed that the numbers were extremely
> high. As the Agent watched, the supervisor actually changed the numbers
> right in front of him so as to make it appear as if less people had avoided
> apprehension. When the Agent questioned this the response he received was,
> "How do you know that these people didn't turn around and head back to
> Mexico? How do you know that they actually got away? Did you see them?
> (meaning the illegal aliens) Now, the Agents of the E1 Centro don't bother
> to log gotaways because they know that the numbers mean absolutely nothing.
> If no gotaways are counted, then it makes Gatekeeper seem very effective.
> 
>   The El Centro Sector operates two immigration checkpoints. However, these
> checkpoints have been shut down for over a year. The Chief of the Sector
> recently stated that the checkpoints would remain closed for another 18
> months citing manpower problems. Amazingly the Chief also saw fit to send 16
> of its Agents to a Border Search Trauma and Rescue unit and to never work on
> the border again. The point is that it only takes 4 Agents to effectively
> operate a checkpoint. This appears to be an oxymoron because the checkpoints
> are unmanned due to a manpower shortage. This also seems to coincide with
> the known fact that over the last three years there has been an effort to
> place more and more Agents strictly on the border to attempt to deter the
> aliens from crossing. However, without an effective interior enforcement
> force, once an alien escapes apprehension, he is basically free to go
> because he knows that there is no chance of getting apprehended. Between the
> two checkpoints an average of 70 illegal aliens were apprehended every day.
> Now if you were to take that number and multiply it by 365 you would come up
> with 25550. These are 25550 illegal aliens each and every year that should
> have been apprehended but were allowed to travel unimpeded because of the
> failed attempt to deter them and the fact that the checkpoints that surely
> would have apprehended them are now not operational. It is now very easy to
> see why there has been a decrease in the number of apprehensions over the
> last couple of years. If Agents are not allowed to patrol where the illegal
> aliens are, then of course apprehensions will drop. This is exactly how the
> I.N.S. has deceived you into thinking that deterrence is working when in
> fact, it is not working at all.
> 
>   Deterrence is simply a theory that doesn't work. We're not talking about
> putting up a fence around your back yard to keep your dog from getting out.
> We're talking about trying to deter human beings. Human beings that will
> stop at nothing to illegally enter the United States, set up residence and
> then wait for the next amnesty proposal. People aren't deterred by the mere
> presence of a Border Patrol vehicle. They just move down the road and try
> somewhere else. If you truly wish to deter them, then begin by implementing
> employer sanctions again. When was the last time that you heard of any
> employer being convicted of hiring illegal aliens? It just doesn't happen
> and the people that employ illegal aliens know this. It's a matter of simple
> economics; If you are an employer and have the choice of hiring a legal
> resident, paying him or her minimum wage, providing health benefits and
> unemployment insurance or hiring an illegal alien (all the while knowing
> that if you are caught you face absolutely no penalty) paying him or her
> much less than minimum wage with no benefits, which would you choose? The
> concept of deterrence has also taken the initiative and drive out of the
> Agents. The attrition rate in the San Diego Sector is 1 Agent per day. A
> company that loses one employee per day is one that is failing miserably.
> 
>   Recently, an Agent in El Centro was utilizing an infrared Scope and saw a
> group of 12 illegal aliens exit from a mountainous area. He watched as the
> aliens continued on their path until they neared a house. He then saw a man
> exit the house, motion for the aliens to come inside and then quickly close
> the door when all of the aliens were safely inside. The Agent radioed his
> station and told a supervisor of what had occurred. The supervisor told him
> to just watch the house and to let him know if he saw the aliens again. The
> sector Anti-Smuggling Unit and the sector Abatement Team were notified of
> what was happening but amazingly, not one single arrest was made. When asked
> why a search warrant was not obtained, the answer from the supervisor was,
> "Well, there's just a lot of paperwork involved. Besides, what's twelve more
> illegals living in L.A.?"
> 
>   Today's date is January 11, 2002 which is exactly 4 months after
> terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center complex and another
> into the Pentagon. Immediately following these horrendous
> 
>   attacks, both the President and the Attorney General issued statements
> concerning national security. In their statements they said that the
> security of the United States is of the highest priority and that all law
> enforcement agencies will do their part and step up their efforts to ensure
> the security of the U.S. However, the checkpoints in the E1 Centro Sector
> are still unmanned and now the Agents have been told that if they wish to
> chase illegal aliens north of Highway 98. they must ask for permission to do
> so. Let me repeat that last part, if an Agent wishes to chase illegal aliens
> north of Highway 98, they must request and receive permission to do so. So,
> if an illegal alien (or worse yet, an illegal alien terrorist) can walk for
> a mere mile without being detected by an Agent that isn't allowed to move in
> the first place, then they are free to go.
> 
>   It is quite obvious that our efforts to secure our borders are failing.
> This is a problem that is hiding in plain sight yet the Immigration and
> Naturalization Service seems to want to do nothing about it. It is also
> quite obvious that the I.N.S. is much more interested in limiting its
> liability and looking good in the public eye than it is in enforcing the
> law. Consider this: A couple of years ago an Assistant Chief Patrol Agent in
> the San Diego Sector named Doreen Kennedy had a meeting with an immigrant
> rights group activist. The activist demanded that the Agents in the San
> Diego Sector should have their flashlights taken away because of their
> potential to be used as weapons. Even though the Agents are issued pistols,
> batons and now pepper-spray, ACPA Kennedy went along with the idea so as to
> not upset the activist. The Agents in San Diego soon had to turn in their
> flashlights. It must be noted that the Border Patrol functions 24 hours a
> day 7 days a week and half of that time is spent working in nighttime
> conditions. How can anybody possibly be expected to work at night without a
> flashlight? This not only placed the Agents in a very dangerous position, it
> also underscored their efforts to apprehend illegal aliens. It must also be
> noted that between the time that the Agents turned in their flashlights and
> the local union stepped in to buy new lighter-weight flashlights for the
> Agents, the apprehension rate plummeted to almost zero.
> 
>   Enforcing the Immigration Laws of the United States is the job of the U.S.
> Border Patrol. The men and women of the Border Patrol will perform their
> sworn duties with earnest and vigilance, but they must be allowed to do so
> without being artificially restricted by faulty theories. Once again,
> deterrence is merely a theory on how to control the border and to curb
> illegal immigration but it is a theory that has been proven extremely
> ineffective.
> 
>   You will notice that I did not include my name on the paper. Others before
> me have tried speaking out and have been severely punished for doing so. It
> is for this reason that I am withholding my name for the time being.
> However, if you have any questions or concerns regarding this brief paper
> you can address them to:
> 
>   B.P. Agent
>   P.O. Box 373
>   Imperial, CA 92251


Bush is the current manifestation of the Whore as Leader. His ignoring
border security and permitting the flow of third-world trash is just
plain treason. His menace is compounded by the ease in which he
manipulates the well-meaning but utterly wimpish general public.

Earl

"America was founded on political violence, and don't ever forget it".
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